These days’ lots of mission mode projects or works in development sectors are taking place in India and in Assam. India as a developing nation, Assam has also become a target state for different developmental activities by different agencies including international agencies like UNESCO, UNICEF, World Bank etc. These projects are generally carried out in two different ways- i) Through Not-for Profit organization ii) Through a government department but as a separate project management unit. In these externally funded projects stresses are given in two common points, they are data management/analysis and public participation. Through the extensive use of Information Technology (IT) managing information and constant monitoring & evaluation of progress are vital component of the project. Parallel to that ensuring the public participation has also become integral part of the project. For this purpose, most of the project management unit usually looks for people in following three categories.
- MIS (Management Information System),
- M&E (Monitoring & Evaluation) and
- IEC (Information, Education and Communication).